AICE Marine Science Exam with Questions and Answers
AICE Marine Science Exam with Questions and Answers how are nutrients lost from a photic zone ANSWER -Organism dying/feces/excretion-sink to the floor -harvesting/fishing Why is decomposition slow at the bottom ANSWER Cold and lack of oxygen human impact on nutrients ANSWER -runoff, fertilizer -dissolution, co2 and emissions -harvesting, removal of nutrients how do nutrients enter surface waters ANSWER -Atmospheric dissolution, co2 and nitrogen -runoff, weathered rock -runoff, fertilizer, waste Atoll formation (4 steps) ANSWER -fringing reef -barrier reef -island subsides/sinks -atoll forms Atoll theory (5 point explanation) ANSWER -fringing reef forms on volcanic island
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